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1. You may have problems with your prostate that aren’t cancer.
Staging is the process of finding out how far cancer has spread. Learn about the stages of stomach cancer and how It helps determine prognosis and treatment.
For many years, rumors have circulated online suggesting that underarm antiperspirants might cause breast cancer. While the research on this topic is limited, most studies have not found a link ...
What is thyroid cancer? Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the thyroid gland. It happens when cells in the thyroid grow out of control and crowd out normal cells. Sometimes thyroid ...
As Relay For Life celebrates 40 years of impact, Dee Dee sees opportunity for continued growth. She believes in evolving the ...
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), also known as acute lymphoblastic leukemia, can cause many different signs and symptoms. Most of these happen in all kinds of ALL, but some are more common with ...
The most commonly used breast imaging tests at this time are mammograms, ultrasound, and breast MRI. Other tests, such as CT scans, bone scans, or PET scans might sometimes be done to help find out if ...
Biopsy samples of cells or body tissues can be taken from almost any part of the body and used to help diagnose cancer. In fact, cancer is almost always diagnosed through a biopsy. How the samples are ...
Nuclear medicine scans ( also known as nuclear imaging, radionuclide imaging, and nuclear scans) can help doctors find tumors and see how much the cancer has spread in the body (called the cancer’s ...
Doctors use imaging tests to take pictures of the inside of your body. Imaging tests can be used to look for cancer, find out how far it has spread, and to help see if cancer treatment is working.
Breast cancer cells taken out during a biopsy or surgery are tested to see if they have certain proteins that are estrogen or progesterone receptors. If your breast cancer cells have these receptors ...
The vulva is the outer part of the female genitals. The vulva includes the opening of the vagina (sometimes called the vestibule), the labia majora (outer lips), the labia minora (inner lips), and the ...